Noticiero Latino Highlights for June 2003

Monday, June 2nd, 2003

- Federal Communications Commission regulators relaxed regulations restricting media ownership, permitting companies to buy diverse media outlets in the same city.

- Los Angeles Mayor, James Hahn expresses support for SB60, measure that may grant driver’s licenses to undocumented residents.

- 55 high school students in Houston, members of Texas Migrant Interstate Program graduate with honors.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003

- U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General finds that the Department violated the rights of hundreds of immigrants detained after 9-11 terrorist attacks.

- Agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest 56 suspected undocumented Latinos in south central Los Angeles.

- More than 60 employees from Chicago’s Dr. Pepper and 7-Up Bottling Company have received “No-Match” letters from Social Security Department.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2003

- Deadline to file for late amnesty expires tomorrow.

- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors vote in favor of requesting more personal information including proof of address and telephone, energy and rental bills, in order to provide medical services at hospitals.

- California’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decides that Tijuana, Mexico resident Jose Cervantes can file lawsuit against U.S. federal government after being wrongfully accused of drug trafficking.

Thursday, June 5th, 2003

- Bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is negotiating a tax credit for low-income families not eligible to receive recently approved credit of $1000 per child.

- Hip Hop Artists protest at New York City Hall against Rockefeller drug laws that impose 15 years to life sentences to minors guilty of selling or possessing small amounts of drugs.

- California’s Senate approves bill SB60 that would grant driver’s licenses to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants.

- U.S. Homeland Security Department announces increased hours of operation at Otay border checkpoint at the San Diego-Tijuana border.

Monday, June 9th, 2003

- Republicans from U.S. Senate and House will discuss an income tax credit extension for low-income families with children.

- Ecuadorians hold forum in Los Angeles to analyze President Lucio Gutierrez’ administration.

- Mexican government officials advise teachers protesting for salary increases in Mexico City, to settle disputes with education officials in their own states.

Tuesday, June 10th, 2003

- Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Chair of Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ Education Committee, introduces measure for $125 million in funding for colleges and universities with high numbers of Latinos.

- New York City’s Pratt Community Council finds that one third of children living in a group of surveyed apartments in Brooklyn area, mainly inhabited by Latinos and African Americans, present high levels of lead.

- Three INS agents were found guilty of denying medical attention to Serafin Olvera, an undocumented immigrant, who died after a raid in Bryan, Texas.

- Florida Governor, Jeb Bush signs law to reduce class size and provide $600 million for construction of 10 new campuses by 2010.

- California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing will launch program to settle housing and employment discrimination disputes in a mediation office rather than in court.

- In 2003, only 36 percent of eligible Latino families in two California rural counties, Madera and Kern, applied for earned income tax credit.

Wednesday, June 11th, 2003

- U.S. House of Representatives debates legislative package calling for $82 billion in tax credits to low-income families with children.

- New York’s September 11th Fund announces that $186 million is still available for programs to help low-income residents affected by attacks on Twin Towers.

- Congresswoman Hilda Solis (D-CA) introduces measure before House of Representatives to name a post office in Duarte, California after Francisco Martinez Flores, immigrant solider fallen in Iraq.

- Mexican authorities will extradite Ricardo Miguel Cavallo to Spain; Cavallo is charged with human rights violations during Argentinean dictatorship.

Thursday, June 12th, 2003

- U.S. Senate’s Intelligence Committee will hold closed-door sessions as part of a congressional review of intelligence information handled by White House before war against Iraq.

- Federal authorities capture 5 of the 10 most wanted immigrants that face deportations in U.S.; three of those captured are of Latino origin.

- U.S. Border Patrol authorities in Texas announce an increase in number of migrants trying to enter country illegally near El Paso.

- Poll by Public Policy Institute of California finds that 67 percent of state residents are in favor of tax increases to avoid cuts in education.

- U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow praised Mexico’s President Vicente Fox decision to pay off country’s foreign debt; Mexico will retire of all of its Brady bonds issued in the early 1990s.

Monday, June 16th, 2003

- U.S. Congress considers measure that allows federal government to transfer administration of funds for Head Start programs to state governments.

- Immigrant organizations in Texas anticipate changes in the treatment of immigrants after three Border Patrol agents were found guilty of beating a migrant.

- Mexican Consulates in San Diego and Los Angeles begin new service to provide migrants with health information on diabetes, AIDS and tuberculosis.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2003

- Federal authorities arrest Honduran woman that allegedly led immigrant smuggling ring responsible for deaths of 19 migrants in a trailer found in Victoria, Texas.

- Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) will outline a measure allowing immigrants to legally hold a job for three years as guest workers.

- Research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that close to half of all Latino and African American children born in 2000 are at risk of becoming diabetic unless they change eating and exercise habits.

- Study by Chicago's Roosevelt University finds that city's economy largely depends on the efforts of immigrant labor force; 1.4 million immigrants live in Chicago.

Wednesday, June 18th, 2003

- California Senate's Public Security Committee approves measure that will allow use of consular IDs as valid form of identification.

- Senator Miguel del Valle (D-IL) and Chicago's Union Latina announce agreement with Home Depot to help day laborers achieve a permanent work center to avoid waiting at city corners.

- Four energy projects that U.S. companies planned on Mexican border cities, have been halted after neighbors of the proposed construction sites file lawsuit.

Thursday, June 19th, 2003

- U.S. Census finds that 38.8 million Latinos live in the U.S., which makes them the largest minority in the country.

- Study by Amnesty International finds that each year, more than 5,000 undocumented minors enter U.S. illegally and most end up in juvenile detention facilities.

- Houston's City Council approves resolution urging all city governments in Texas to accept the Mexican Consular ID card as valid form of documentation.

- Richard Nichols, City Council member of Newport Beach, may be removed from his post after stating improvements to city beaches will result in Mexicans claiming them as their own.

- Activists in Chicago say raids under the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "Landmark Operation" use migrants working in landmark buildings, such as Sears Tower, as scapegoats.

Monday, June 23rd, 2003

- U.S. Supreme Court decides that the University of Michigan can use race as a factor for admission, but struck down school's point system for undergraduate programs.

- U.S. Census finds that New York City's population has reached 8 million, despite large exodus of city residents after 9-11 terrorist attacks.

- Southwest Voter Registration & Education Project launches national initiative to register 2 million new Latino voters for 2004 elections.

- U.S. House of Representative's Government Reform Committee approves measure to name Duarte, California Post Office after fallen Latino soldier, Francisco Martinez Flores.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2003

- U.S. Supreme Court refuses argument by Bush Administration that allowing undocumented immigrants to appeal deportation orders will be too costly and will burden immigration officials.

- Central Valley Health Policy Institute receives $4 million grant by The California Endowment Foundation to address health policy issues in six counties in California's Central Valley.

Wednesday, June 25th, 2003

- U.S. Senate unanimously confirmes Cuban immigrant, Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., to head newly created Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.

- Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and members from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus launch national program of workshops to promote citizenship and voting.

- Three cities in Indiana, Fort Wayne, East Chicago, and Indianapolis are now accepting Mexican Consular ID card as valid form of identification.

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

- U.S. Senate Judicial Committee is reviewing report by Department of Justice on mistreatment of undocumented immigrants detained after 9-11.

- U.S. Senate may vote on final version of law that may reinstate food stamps for legal residents and medical services for immigrant minors.

- Homestead, Florida's City Council approves resolution to accept Mexican Consular ID card as valid form of identification for more than 16,000 Mexican nationals in area.

- Democratic legislators from California begin tour to persuade county governments to support a half-cent tax increase to compensate states $38 billion deficit.

- Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute gives President Vicente Fox an ultimatum to pull all television and radio ads promoting voting.

Monday, June 30th, 2003

- Congressional leaders will further discuss measure to restructure Medicare and a prescription drug bill.

- More than 100 former Braceros demonstrate at Los Angeles' Placita Olvera to rally for reimbursing of their saving funds.

- A federal court in California upholds Bracero lawsuit against the U.S. government; Lawyer for Braceros, Bill Lee, says that despite working for private companies, they were hired by the U.S.

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